Blake Rock is an isolated rock lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of the south end of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Joseph A. Blake, Jr., a construction electrician at South Pole Station, winter 1960.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Blake Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

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